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Oct 14

Farming under colored solar panels: A new way to share land between food and energy

By MarLuna Agriculture, Fruits and Vegetables, News, Plant Science

Planting broccoli under magenta solar panels helped the plants absorb sunlight more efficiently than those grown out in the open finds a study. Scientists used customized, semi-transparent solar panels to generate electricity while boosting blue- and red-light wavelengths to enhance…

Sep 21

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A Tiny Gene Edit Makes Rice Safer Without Reducing Harvests

By Isabel Agriculture, News

Cadmium is a highly toxic heavy metal, and rice is a major source of dietary cadmium intake worldwide. Reducing cadmium accumulation in rice grains without affecting crop yield remains challenging because cadmium shares transport pathways with essential minerals. Now, researchers…

Aug 28

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From Plants to Bones: Researchers Develop Sustainable Material That Could Help the Body Rebuild Itself

By Isabel News

Study reveals that lignin - a natural plant polymer - can be transformed into a bioactive material that promotes the formation of bone-like minerals while supporting the growth of bone-forming cells. Inspired by the natural partnership between lignin and silica…

Aug 10

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Why natural forests survive heat waves better than planted forests

By Isabel Forestry, News

New research reveals a balance between two important aspects of forest resilience: the ability to resist damage during a weather event and the ability to recover afterward.

Jul 17

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Genome editing turns red lettuce green and increases beneficial flavonoid content

By Isabel Plant Science

Red-leaf lettuce is red owing to anthocyanins, a class of polyphenolic pigments widely studied for their antioxidant properties. In plants, anthocyanins are synthesized through enzymatic reactions originating from the amino acid phenylalanine. Along this biosynthetic pathway, multiple flavonoids are produced…

Jul 06

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Image: Interaction of heme retrograde and phytochrome light signaling in plant cells. Credit: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo.

Why plant cells need heme: Hidden signal reshapes photosynthesis gene control

By Isabel News, Plant Science

For plants, light is an important environmental factor not only as a source of energy for photosynthesis, but also as a signal for capturing environmental information. Light signals are sensed by photoreceptor proteins called phytochromes. The amino acids that make…

Jun 29

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Last of its kind: Critically Endangered tree clinging to cliffside finds hope at Kew and Logan Botanic Garden

By Isabel Botany, News

Conservationists are in a race against time to prevent one of the world’s rarest island plants from disappearing forever, after seeds collected from the only surviving wild Dendroseris neriifolia tree arrived at the Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) at Kew Wakehurst in Sussex.

Jun 23

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Image: Confocal microscopy of Arabidopsis plants expressing NAC53 fused to GFP. Credit: Suayb Üstün

How Plants Rebalance Their Energy under Stress

By Isabel News, Plant Science

When under stress, plants cut back on energy production to focus on breaking down damaged proteins.

May 28

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Image: Mutant plant peroxisomes, which are enlarged and lack vesicles. Credit: Nathan Tharp/Rice University

Scientists uncover how protein helps plants grow in early stages

By Isabel News, Plant Science

For most of their lives, plants get their energy from photosynthesis. But during the seed to seedling stage when they can’t absorb light just yet, they rely on other sources, like fatty acids. To process the fatty acids, plant cells,…

May 21

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Four APC Waivers, Six Research Topics: The 2026 GPC × Frontiers Call Is Now Open

By Isabel Blog, ECRi, GPC Community

2026 Global Plant Council × Frontiers Research Topics Call is officially open for submissions. Through this partnership with Frontiers in Plant Science, the GPC will award four full Article Processing Charge (APC) waivers to plant scientists submitting manuscripts to one…

plant science

Farming under colored solar panels: A new way to share land between food and energy

A Tiny Gene Edit Makes Rice Safer Without Reducing Harvests

From Plants to Bones: Researchers Develop Sustainable Material That Could Help the Body Rebuild Itself

Why natural forests survive heat waves better than planted forests

Genome editing turns red lettuce green and increases beneficial flavonoid content

Why plant cells need heme: Hidden signal reshapes photosynthesis gene control

Last of its kind: Critically Endangered tree clinging to cliffside finds hope at Kew and Logan Botanic Garden

How Plants Rebalance Their Energy under Stress

Scientists uncover how protein helps plants grow in early stages

Four APC Waivers, Six Research Topics: The 2026 GPC × Frontiers Call Is Now Open

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